"precisify" meaning in All languages combined

See precisify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: precisifies [present, singular, third-person], precisifying [participle, present], precisified [participle, past], precisified [past]
Etymology: From precise + -ify. Attested since the 20th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|precise|ify}} precise + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} precisify (third-person singular simple present precisifies, present participle precisifying, simple past and past participle precisified)
  1. To make precise, to make more precise.

Inflected forms

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